lower Victim's
Rites Thursday
At Rocky Ridge
Funeral services for Roy Ed-
ward^BarneSf 59, who died at Ma-
gruder hospital at 12:30 yesterday,
two hours after he was thrown
into blades of a rotary mower
when the wheel of a tractor he
drove hit a tree stump, will be
held Thursday at 2 from St. John's
Lutheran church at Rocky Ridge
with the Rev. E. H. E. Winterhoff
officiating. His home was Oak Har¬
bor Route 3. i$~q-f$$b
Mr. Barnes' body is at Robinson
funeral home where friends may
call after 7 tonight. It will be tak¬
en to the church at noon Thursday.
A Veteran of World War I, Mr.
Barnes operated several farms in
Ottawa-co and also in North Dakota
for the past 25 years. Previously
he was a road contractor. He was
born at Rocky Ridge March 21,
1897, son of -Tames A. and Mary
Schrambron Barnes. In 1920 he
married trttella Wohlers who sur¬
vives with two sons, Don and Jack;
one daughter, Mrs. Robert M. Mill-,
inger, and six grandchildren* all of
Oak Harbor Route 3; two brothers,
Frank and Richard Barnes, and a
sister, Mrs. Roy McNutt, of Rocky
Ridge.
Mr. Barnes was mowing weeds on
the Benton-Carroll road when the
tragedy secured yesterday. His
two sons were nearby, and sum¬
moned aid from the Mike Rauch
home. He was badly mangled, sus¬
tained critical head injuries.
